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Title: A painted tipi, Assiniboin
William Smith Mason Collection of Western Americana
Alternative Title: Volume 18, plate 633
Creator: Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
Publication Information: E. S. Curtis (Seattle); The University Press (Cambridge, Mass)
Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: West-ography, re-imaging the West
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description: A tipi painted with ligures commemorative of a dream experienced by its owner is a venerated object. Its occupants enjoy good fortune, and there is no difficulty in finding a purchaser when after a few years the owner, according to custom, decides to dispose of it.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: wor00418.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll8/id/418
Language: English
Subject: Assiniboine Indians
Canada
Children's clothing
Clothing and dress
Dwellings
Horses
Landscape photography
Landscapes
Manners and customs
Montana
Native Americans
Photogravure
Saskatchewan
Tipis
Source: Photogravure, 22.25 x 18.25 inches: The North American Indian; being a series of volumes picturing and describing the Indians of the United States, and Alaska, 970.6 C942 vol.18 plates, William Smith Mason Collection of Western Americana, Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
Relation: West-ography, re-imaging the West - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll8

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